The smile on the face of Pickerington Central (Ohio) forward Jerome Hunter told the story of what he thought of his reception on Saturday night at Hoosier Hysteria at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Despite being the highest ranked member of Indiana’s 2018 recruiting class, Hunter wasn’t expecting a hero’s welcome when he walked onto the Branch McCracken Court with associate head coach Tom Ostrom.
But that’s what he received.
“He was (surprised) because it’s still fairly new to him,” Andreas James, the director of the Ohio Nova Village Athletic Club told Inside the Hall on Sunday.